Wine Industry News

  • Organic Wine vs. Sustainable Wine

    (Huffingtonpost) - Kevin Phillips thinks organic is a complete scam - so why is he farming one of Lodi’s most renowned vineyards organically? Bechthold Vineyards is the oldest continuously-farmed vineyard in Lodi, originally planted in 1886. It’s only 25 acres, but the grapes are ...
  • Chateau Latour's Francois Pinault buys Araujo Estate in Napa

    (Decanter) -  Francois Pinault, owner of Chateau Latour in Pauillac, has bought Napa's Araujo Estate. This takes the number of wine properties now owned by the French billionaire and his son Francois-Henri to four – Latour in Pauillac, Chateau Grillet in the northern Rhone, Domain...
  • The Trouble with Blind Tasting

    (NewWorldWinemaker) - If you’re an American in the wine industry and are within my age range (mid-twenties to early thirties, not to put too fine a point on it), you have, or are somewhere on the path toward, a Master Sommelier diploma. That is barely an exaggeration. (Some folks pursue ...
  • AMORIM STEPS UP TCA BATTLE

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Amorim, the world’s largest cork manufacturer, is due to roll out its latest weapon in the battle against cork taint this September. Working in partnership with a UK firm specialising in gas chromatography analysis , Amorim is developing an industrial-scale proto...
  • Margaux Second Wine Pavillon Rouge 2010 Falls to Four-Month Low

    (Bloomberg) - A case of Pavillon Rouge 2010, the second wine of Bordeaux estate Chateau Margaux, sold for 925 pounds ($1,415) on Liv-ex, its lowest level for more than four months, amid muted demand for vintages from the region. The transaction yesterday was 10 percent down from the 1,030 pounds...
  • UK: NEW DRINKS TO MARK THE ROYAL BIRTH

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - From a “quintessentially English” drink served in tea cups to new beers and cocktails, there are already a range of drinks to commemorate the future king. This week saw the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child, who is now third in ...

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